Comments on: Cleopatra in Space Joins Scholastichttp://operationspacecat.com/cleopatra/2013/03/14/cleopatra-in-space-joins-scholastic/
Official site for the comic by Mike MaihackMon, 31 Oct 2016 02:08:15 +0000hourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.3By: Shawnhttp://operationspacecat.com/cleopatra/2013/03/14/cleopatra-in-space-joins-scholastic/comment-page-1/#comment-7071
Fri, 26 Apr 2013 22:58:30 +0000http://www.cowshell.com/cleopatra/?p=2958#comment-7071I will be sure to find it and put it in my classroom. Wonderful!
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Wed, 10 Apr 2013 18:17:04 +0000http://www.cowshell.com/cleopatra/?p=2958#comment-7052wasN’T quite clear…typo!
]]>By: spashttp://operationspacecat.com/cleopatra/2013/03/14/cleopatra-in-space-joins-scholastic/comment-page-1/#comment-7051
Wed, 10 Apr 2013 18:16:01 +0000http://www.cowshell.com/cleopatra/?p=2958#comment-7051so our best chance of seeing where this story WOULD go (albeit not exactly as the scholastic books are an alternate Cleo-verse) is if the scholastic books sell well and you publish more of them later? if so, let us know when they’re out and we’ll all blog/publish them on our social media!

much as you are being very considerate to answer all of our questions, i think that one is on the top of everyone’s agenda and it was quite clear…i’d say it like this: HELP ME SELL THE BOOKS…AND you’ll get your canonical continuation of the Cleo-verse! Then explain how we could all help with viral marketing…if I were doing this, I’d ask to collect all of your online readers emails right now, so you could email us news when there’s news, and this kind of shtick above when the moon is in the seventh house.

As for your questions, no hosting a website is not cheap, but CiS is just one section of my entire website. So I have no plans to shut it down. Just the opposite in fact! I plan on updating with some “behind the scenes” stuff, preview pages, and of course where to buy the books!

Scholastic found me from picking up the two self-published books at SDCC a couple years ago, although I think your theory makes a better story. :)

Also I should clarify, Scholastic does not own the full rights to CiS- only the publishing rights. I’m still the full copyright owner of the comic.

I’m honestly not that interested in redoing what I’ve already done, but like I mentioned above, the webcomic storyline is canon. So I will be alluding to stuff that happened in it within the books (as well as fitting the ending in as well).

When Scholastic approached me about CiS I explained to them that my scope for the series went far beyond and before what they had already read. The webcomic story is just one little snippet in the middle of the overall story I wanted to tell. So I could have chosen to just retread on what I’ve already done (which wasn’t that interesting for me), continue on from this webcomic (which would have been confusing for new readers), or start from the very beginning. I chose the latter. I can’t say for the publisher what they initially saw in CiS or what they would have wanted from it, but they seemed happy with that option.

I also fully intended to finish this webcomic story arc. My agent even had it written in the contract that I’d be able to do so (till I handed in the first book that is). I just underestimated the amount of work it takes to work on a graphic novel. So as for taking this story further, that is something I plan on doing. Although that’s going to depend on how well the first couple of books do.

]]>By: mikehttp://operationspacecat.com/cleopatra/2013/03/14/cleopatra-in-space-joins-scholastic/comment-page-1/#comment-7010
Mon, 25 Mar 2013 01:15:45 +0000http://www.cowshell.com/cleopatra/?p=2958#comment-7010I want to be, but it’s a bit up in the air right now.
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Mon, 25 Mar 2013 01:13:50 +0000http://www.cowshell.com/cleopatra/?p=2958#comment-7009Thanks. I just hope people enjoy them.
]]>By: DanialArinhttp://operationspacecat.com/cleopatra/2013/03/14/cleopatra-in-space-joins-scholastic/comment-page-1/#comment-7008
Sat, 23 Mar 2013 14:31:58 +0000http://www.cowshell.com/cleopatra/?p=2958#comment-7008Is there a possibility you might eventually redo the story arc from the webcomic for Scholastic?
]]>By: Joedeenihttp://operationspacecat.com/cleopatra/2013/03/14/cleopatra-in-space-joins-scholastic/comment-page-1/#comment-7006
Thu, 21 Mar 2013 11:53:43 +0000http://www.cowshell.com/cleopatra/?p=2958#comment-7006Can’t tell you how exciting I think this is. Scholastic books always holds a soft spot for me as a kid, couldn’t wait for when the teacher would hand out the catalog and I would go home and try and convince my parents to let me get books(wasn’t hard). I was a bit of a nerd even then. I’m glad to hear your book will be one kids will drool over as well.
]]>By: Dannysmartfulhttp://operationspacecat.com/cleopatra/2013/03/14/cleopatra-in-space-joins-scholastic/comment-page-1/#comment-7004
Mon, 18 Mar 2013 23:52:53 +0000http://www.cowshell.com/cleopatra/?p=2958#comment-7004So I had to go back and buy 1 of everything…keep us posted again very soon. :)
]]>By: Dannysmartfulhttp://operationspacecat.com/cleopatra/2013/03/14/cleopatra-in-space-joins-scholastic/comment-page-1/#comment-7003
Mon, 18 Mar 2013 23:44:15 +0000http://www.cowshell.com/cleopatra/?p=2958#comment-7003Hosting this site I imagine is not easy/cheap…how long will this website remain up since Scholastic now owns the rights to this comic? Will you post a link to where we can get the Scholastic books? I was also hoping you could tell us how they found you and saw such incredibly potential…In my head I image someone who worked there wanted more updates so they decided to buy you out as that was the only way. (LOL) I hope you got a good price for CiS and I hope to see you in the comic circuit in the future. :)
]]>By: Stewarthttp://operationspacecat.com/cleopatra/2013/03/14/cleopatra-in-space-joins-scholastic/comment-page-1/#comment-7002
Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:11:07 +0000http://www.cowshell.com/cleopatra/?p=2958#comment-7002That’s fantastic! Great news. :)

Here’s hoping we can eventually buy a reboot of the webcomic version. ;)

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Sat, 16 Mar 2013 13:23:40 +0000http://www.cowshell.com/cleopatra/?p=2958#comment-6998So this cis won’t be finished and updated than. So long CIS I loved you now I have to let you go and find someone eles to read.
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